Fiction & Poetry
Fiction
“Autobahn”
When a car pulled up, it felt like a bright moment of luck, but then the driver got out and pointed a gun at me.
By Hugo Hamilton
Fiction
“Last Coffeehouse on Travis”
I was too broke to pay her rent, so every morning saw me behind the counter of her coffee shop.
By Bryan Washington
Fiction
“The Particles of Order”
If a person’s imagination, kind or wicked, was boundless, sooner or later what was imagined could become a fact.
By Yiyun Li
Fiction
“The Narayans”
There were so few Indians in Edison, New Jersey, in those days; we felt that each of us reflected well or badly on the others.
By Akhil Sharma
Flash Fiction
A series of very short stories. Read them all »
Flash Fiction
“Happy New Year”
A long time ago, lots and lots of people lived on this island. Now there are only a few of us.
By Hiromi Kawakami
Flash Fiction
“The Third Premier”
He must be forever changed, we thought, entire fields of joy no longer his, every lovely thing tainted.
By George Saunders
Flash Fiction
“The Books of Losing You”
I visited your room once to bring the book back but all we did was talk—you in shorts and me using your dumbbells. Was there a chance that night?
By Junot Díaz
Flash Fiction
“The Door Between Us”
Again, I pressed my ear against the wall, but I heard nothing. Why couldn’t I have said something to her?
By Mieko Kawakami
This Week in Fiction
New Yorker fiction writers discuss their stories from the magazine.
This Week in Fiction
Hugo Hamilton on Life as an “Elsewhere Man”
The author discusses his story “Autobahn.”
By Deborah Treisman
This Week in Fiction
Bryan Washington on the Possibilities of Queerness
The author discusses his story “Last Coffeehouse on Travis.”
By Willing Davidson
This Week in Fiction
Sigrid Nunez on Beginning with Ambiguity
The author discusses her story “Greensleeves.”
By Deborah Treisman
This Week in Fiction
Yiyun Li on Writing from the Height or from the Depth of Experience
The author discusses her story “The Particles of Order.”
By Cressida Leyshon
The Writer’s Voice
Writers read their stories from the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice
Hugo Hamilton Reads “Autobahn”
The author reads his story from the September 23, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Writer’s Voice
Bryan Washington Reads “Last Coffeehouse on Travis”
The author reads his story from the September 16, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Writer’s Voice
Sigrid Nunez Reads “Greensleeves”
The author reads her story from the September 9, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Writer’s Voice
Yiyun Li Reads “The Particles of Order”
The author reads her story from the September 2, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Fiction Podcast
A monthly reading and conversation with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
Fiction Podcast
Louise Erdrich Reads Karen Russell
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Haunting Olivia,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2005.
With Deborah Treisman
Fiction Podcast
David Sedaris Reads George Saunders
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Love Letter,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2020.
With Deborah Treisman
Fiction Podcast
Nathan Englander Reads Chris Adrian
The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Every Night for a Thousand Years,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1997.
With Deborah Treisman
Fiction Podcast
André Alexis Reads Alice Munro
The author joins Deborah Treisman for a special tribute to Alice Munro. He reads and discusses “Before the Change,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1998.
With Deborah Treisman
The New Yorker Novella
Long-form fiction. Read them all »
Novellas
“Server”
It was empty when I logged in. I’d been off it since Vic died, four years ago.
By Bryan Washington
Novellas
“The Bicycle Accident”
“Of course, Arlette understood, this was not a tragedy. Tragedy would be a broken neck or spine. Paralysis for life. A coma.”
By Joyce Carol Oates
Novellas
“Muscle”
“It’s time to turn up the heat a little bit more. My boys are getting bored, and that’s not good for their appetite or their temper.”
By Daniyal Mueenuddin
Novellas
“What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?”
“He got out of the car, closing his door quietly, and crept through the woods toward the brick house.”
By Lauren Groff
Poetry
Poems
“I refuse to be intimidated by time”
“I’m not sure what qualifies as sacred // when I am profane, or, rather, historical.”
By Erika Meitner
Poems
“For Better or Worse”
“If New York has taught me anything / it’s indifference.”
By Megan Fernandes
Poems
“Outage”
“He was already gone, already weather, already / language my mother needed / for the coroner.”
By Raven Leilani
Poems
“I Have No Word in English For”
“Apachurrado. Hat run over by a truck. Heart run over by unrequited love.”
By Sandra Cisneros
The Poetry Podcast
Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.
Poetry Podcast
Valzhyna Mort Reads Victoria Amelina and Wisława Szymborska
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss her translation of “Testimonies,” by Amelina, and Clare Cavanaugh’s translation of “Map,” by Szymborska.
With Kevin Young
Poetry Podcast
Raymond Antrobus Reads John Lee Clark
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Protactile Version of ‘Tintern Abbey,’ ” and his own poem “Signs, Music.”
With Kevin Young
Poetry Podcast
Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Via Negativa,” by Charles Wright, and her own poem “Late Shift.”
With Kevin Young
Poetry Podcast
José Antonio Rodríguez Reads Naomi Shihab Nye
The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “World of the future, we thirsted,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, and his own poem “Tender.”
With Kevin Young
More Fiction & Poetry
Poems
“A Sunset”
“Play, beauty, the impulse to reproduce it, / The impulse to evoke and bring to rage / And then to stillness the violence / In our natures.”
By Robert Hass
Poems
“Sugar”
“What was the name of that / bar was it really the Sugar / Club is it still there”
By Andrea Cohen
Poems
“Poem Never to Be Read Aloud”
“No words can tell us how to live, but to live is to reach / for them anyway.”
By Dobby Gibson
Poems
“While It’s Happening”
“Dear summer, increase my heat. / Dear summer, another pastis.”
By Deborah Landau
Poems
“On Emptiness”
“If only I could stand the infinite measures, wait long enough, / and not waste their buoyant resolve.”
By Garrett Hongo
The Writer’s Voice
Akhil Sharma Reads “The Narayans”
The author reads his story from the August 26, 2024, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
The Writer’s Voice
Sam Lipsyte Reads “The Naturals”
On a special, archival episode, the author reads his story from the May 5, 2014, issue of the magazine.
With Deborah Treisman
Flash Fiction
“The Penthouse”
We were lying on their bed. We were trying to be still and not ruin anything else. Soon we might even fall into sleep, our least disruptive state of being.
By Helen Phillips